Mourning the One That We Pierced

 


Zechariah 12:10b says “…They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.”

Have you ever stopped to truly look at the one we have pierced and mourned for him?  Have you grieved for the sacrifice that He made?  I know we weren't there the day they crucified Christ.  After all, that happened over 2000 years ago.  Even though we weren't there in person, it was our sins that nailed him to that cross just as if we had been there to drive those nails ourselves. So, the question again is: Have you ever stopped to look at the one that we have pierced?

This is the same one who invited the little children to come to him, who raised the widow’s son from the dead, who fed the 5000 with the little boy's lunch, who cried at the pain and sorrow Lazarus’ death brought to his family.  We like to look at Christ in those moments.  It is at those moments that we can relate to Him.  We see His love and compassion, but we also see His power and majesty.  Those are the “happy” moments, the ones that we like to dwell on.

While those moments are crucial to our understanding of who Christ is and what He came to earth to accomplish, they are only the prelude to that fateful day on Calvary.  On that day, He is no longer the Rabbi teaching His students, chastising the Pharisees, healing the sick, or welcoming the little children.  Those actions were all part of the Plan, but they weren’t the Plan.

So, there He was, hanging on that cross, bloody, and battered. Blood pouring from the crown of thorns on His head. So many stripes across his back, naked, vulnerable, struggling to breathe.  Every breath getting a little harder as His strength waned. 

He didn't have to go to that cross, but He did.  He didn't have to come to the earth in the form of man, but He did! Because He did, He knows the pain we feel.  He knows the temptations we experience.  He knows the struggles of just making a living and providing for the day-to-day necessities.  He knows the heartache that this life can bring because of sin. He also knew that without a Savior, we had no hope.

Because He knew all that, He went to that cross! Yes, our sins nailed Him there, but His love kept Him there!  When we look at Him, we don't see a bloody, battered, beaten man, we see a loving, caring, merciful, gracious Savior. For while we were still sinners Christ died for us! So, the next time you look at the cross don't just see a piece of wood.  See the sacrifice.  See the love.  See the Savior and remember, as the song says, “when He was on the cross, I was on His mind.”  How much will His sacrifice be on your mind?

Mourning and praising from my porch!

Romans 5: 6

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